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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:19 pm

...to stay young and beautiful!

I keep seeing adverts for pedicures where you dangle your feet in a fish tank and the fish remove the dead skin. I can understand the theory, but the thought of it... <shivers> Then I remembered reading about some silly rich people who were paying goodness knows how much for facial treatments with urine as an ingredient. Shocked

Gives new meaning to the term 'piss-head'. Plus Botox - being injected with poison to freeze the muscles to reduce wrinkling? Good grief. Rolling Eyes

So I was wondering - has anybody here had experience of a strange, wacky, 'cutting-edge of science' (ha!) treatment for supposed healthy/beauty benefits? How did it go, and did it actually do any good?

Or are we all too intelligent for that? Wink

Cougie. x

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:52 pm

I'm actually so good looking I have treatment to make myself look uglier.
Otherwise I can't walk.

I keep tripping over the women hanging onto my legs.

Doesn't work though.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:56 pm

^^^

Photos please...

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:07 pm

I comb my hair once in a while, i will never understand females.
But i do like the thought of small fishes that tickles my feet.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:15 pm

doctors say it's impossible for me to get hotter, plus, would you care about health in my position?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:55 pm

Cougar wrote:

Or are we all too intelligent for that? Wink

If I wasn't so intelligent as I am, I would give a try to the new treatment where a goat licks your face and cleavage.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 7:19 pm

For about 30 seconds I thought of having a small dose of botox.

Have settled for soap and water and having a good dose of Transylvanian Alps blood on my maternal side.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 7:32 pm

I shave my head so i don't have to worry about combing, Mrs. Fargo loves the look (so do I)

Otherwise I have no beauty secrets to share.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:13 pm

N.O.R.A. wrote:

a goat licks your face and cleavage.

Wait, what? Does it have to be a goat, or does a husband count?

if you drop in sweetie: J/K!

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:30 pm

also, I have discovered that binge drinking and dropping massive amouts of acid keep me slender

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 9:13 pm

My mother was taken in by a hairdresser who claimed she could cure baldness in men.
I was the guinea-pig sent to try the treatment.
Did it work. Not one iota.
My baldness is hereditary on my fathers side of the family, already told our son he could go bald, no sign of it yet. Laughing

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 9:13 pm

Vajazzle is the beauty treatment to have in a certain UK county not far from the one I live in. It's a sparkly makeover of ...erm, google it to save me from blushing Laughing

Spooky ooky, Cougar - the fish nibbling treatment I am gonna be experiencing myself in three weeks time. The thought of it intrigues me and silly rich person that I am (I wish!!!) decided that £15.00 for 15 mins was a YAY! what the hell, blow the expense. (It's actually a treat to myself cos have had some grim stuff going on in RL)

Other than that, I find that wire wool is brill for keeping the legs and elsewhere hair free Very Happy

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 9:35 pm

bohigal wrote:

Wait, what? Does it have to be a goat, or does a husband count?

Only if you are fortunate enough to be one of the 17 wives of this man:

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:09 pm

^^^

! Who the hell is that, and is that one of his happy wives in the background?

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 11:11 pm

Quote:

My baldness is hereditary on my fathers side of the family, already told our son he could go bald, no sign of it yet

When he does, tell him to embrace his baldness, don't do any comb overs or have that horseshoe ring around the skull. Bald can be hot!! Well I also have the advantage of a meaty neck and big shoulders.

Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 11:15 pm

It's funny to me, everyone grows old, everyone loses their youth, genetics betray plastic surgery once the suckling pops out...the only thing we can gain is dignity, and ironically that's what most people lose by clutching at most of the legal beauty scams.

A friend of a friend, and her husband reached their 40's and started to get worried about the flabby bits and drooping manliness, they got a private trainer who injected them with all sorts of dubious chems, he had a heart attack, and she almost had a stroke...

Honestly people should just eat right, exercise and work with what they got, there are actually very few down right ugly (not self-inflicted) people in the world, and even then if they work with what they have and keep a good heart they'll meet some one that will love them.

Shit I sound like an old man. Wear your scars with pride.

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 12:50 am

^^^

Boris_YELLsome , that's beautifully put!!!

You don't sound old, but very wise. Wisdom and common sense, which have nothing to do with age.

I'm going to be 50 next month! I've looked forward to 50 for years! Can't wait!!!

My make-up useage has only consisted of mascara so far. My 13 year old daughter has, over the years, tried to get me to put on other make-up and I've always said that when I'm 50 I'll decide whether or not it's time to start. She's reminding me about that constantly these days! Right now I'm just wearing the paper bag over my head... Laughing

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 12:57 am

Yes, Boris that was wonderful. I am going to be ---- well, only a couple baiters know my real age.......let's just say baiting is a retirement hobby, thus I am ancient! Laughing

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 1:08 am

My hairline receded when I was in my early 20s so I was able to get that part over with quickly.

I google'd "celebrity plastic surgery" and found about a gross of sites that show botched results. This one and this one are pretty typical.

I've heard of celebrities who have had so many facelifts they could no longer completely close their eyes. For example, Liberace had to sleep with a mask over his eyes.

And then there's Michael Jackson . . . .

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 3:35 am

Embrace getting older. Don't try to fight it, because you can't. Or, if you try, you look like an idiot and everyone laughs behind your back.

You age, your hair turns gray, you get wrinkles -- that's life. It's no fun but it beats being dead, right?

I'm from the Boomer generation (sorry to admit it). We were supposed to be eternally young. "Don't trust anyone over 30" was a mantra when I was in college -- seriously. But, surprise! No one's immune. Not even Paul McCartney. Every time I even start to think about how I've lost my youthful allure I just think about pictures I've seen of Paul and I feel a lot better.

Age happens. Accept it. Plastic surgery, botox, toupées and wigs, whatever: it looks stupid and no one buys it. You end up being a laughingstock.

If only every woman would follow Helen Mirren's lead. Being old does NOT mean you can't be smokin' hot.

As for us guys, well, we have the good fortune of getting sexier the older we get. Don't ask me to explain it, it's just fact. Wink

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 4:45 am

Cougar wrote:

Then I remembered reading about some silly rich people who were paying goodness knows how much for facial treatments with urine as an ingredient.

Drinking one's urine (amaroli) for health and beauty reasons has been around since Roman times. The actress Sarah Miles has been an advocate for years. You'll have to google some images of her and judge for yourself if it works or not. Some believe peeing on the skin can cure dermatological conditions???

I think we are dealt a genetic hand at birth. The health and looks time-line can be nudged slightly one way or the other by lifestyle, but that's pretty much it.

Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 6:40 am

bohigal wrote:

^^^

! Who the hell is that, and is that one of his happy wives in the background?

His name is Goel Ratzon. I don't know about the woman but as he may have even 32 wives, she might be one of the happy or not so happy ladies.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

I always planned to grow old disgracefully, so far so good Laughing

Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 7:54 pm

Bart Fargo wrote:

Well I also have the advantage of a meaty neck and big shoulders.

me too. It's called fat. Very Happy